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The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 22:15:32 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.110374288Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercedes 220S (W111)http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/10/curbside-classic-1965-mercedes-220s-w111/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/10/curbside-classic-1965-mercedes-220s-w111/#commentsTue, 19 Oct 2010 16:34:11 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=369261Go ahead and laugh. I did, when I first ran across this Mercedes 220S with genuine wire wheels. Yes, it’s a major cultural faux pax, if one understands the German approach to such things; it’s the equivalent to putting full wheel covers on an XK-E. But taken in the bigger context, this well-loved 1965 220S […]

]]>Go ahead and laugh. I did, when I first ran across this Mercedes 220S with genuine wire wheels. Yes, it’s a major cultural faux pax, if one understands the German approach to such things; it’s the equivalent to putting full wheel covers on an XK-E. But taken in the bigger context, this well-loved 1965 220S […]

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http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2007/03/auto-biography-7-awakening/#commentsSat, 10 Mar 2007 11:40:19 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=3296As an immigrant back in the days of the “melting pot,” I was as eager to assimilate as a wide-eyed frat pledge amongst his potential brothers. I tried to forget German, made futile efforts to learn baseball and remained deeply smitten by American automobiles. I repressed memories of my abandoned European flames: Porsche, Mercedes and Jaguar. But my jilted lovers found me hiding in Iowa, and began to torment me with their seductive powers.

As an immigrant back in the days of the “melting pot,” I was as eager to assimilate as a wide-eyed frat pledge amongst his potential brothers. I tried to forget German, made futile efforts to learn baseball and remained deeply smitten by American automobiles. I repressed memories of my abandoned European flames: Porsche, Mercedes and Jaguar. But my jilted lovers found me hiding in Iowa, and began to torment me with their seductive powers.